The data contain three different variables, created by Tatu Vanhanen in his long-term research, for each year from 1810 to 2018. The variables in question are political competition, political particip
Spain: Liberal democracy index : The latest value from 2022 is 0.791 index points, an increase from 0.779 index points in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 0.389 index points, based on data fr
Presidents face a dilemma of whom to appoint for cabinet positions. They need to secure legislative support for their government and at the same time achieve their goals in terms of public policy. Thi
In this repository you'll find the dataset and code to reproduce all analysis in both the paper and the online appendix. All analysis is done in R (v. 3.5.1), in addition to base R the following pa
ABSTRACT Is democracy a luxury that nations cannot afford during wartime? Focusing on the dimensions of democracy separately, I argue that contestation and inclusiveness features of democracy pull the
